Article: Automated classification of language macro-families

In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), DFG Center member Gerhard Jäger finds solid support for the hypothetical Eurasiatic and Austro-Tai linguistic macro-families. The study used automated computational methods used in genomics and biology to classify languages. Image: geographic distribution of language doculects used in study (copyright PNAS 2015).